Pedro Pierluisi

Pedro Pierluisi (26 April 1959-) was Governor of Puerto Rico from 2 August 2019, succeeding Ricardo Rossello. He previously served as Resident Commissioner in the US House of Representatives from 3 January 2009 to 3 January 2017, succeeding Luis Fortuno and preceding Jeniffer Gonzalez.

Biography
Pedro Pierluisi was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1959, and he practiced law in Washington DC from 1984 to 1990 before serving as Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 1997. From 2009 to 2017, he served as Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, representing the island in the US House of Representatives as a Democrat. He advocated statehood for the island, which became his priority during his time in the US Congress. On 31 July 2019, he replaced Luis Rivera Marin as Secretary of State, and, after Secretary of Justice Wanda Vazquez Garced declined to succeed Rossello as governor upon his resignation on 2 August 2019, Pierluisi was ultimately appointed Governor as the next-in-line, but, as he was only acting Secretary of State and the Senate had yet to approve him, his accession to the governorship was challenged in the courts as unconstitutional.